Cops accuse Kentucky man of lewd act in Aston Giant

ASTON -- The hunt for the man police say ejaculated on a woman in the cereal aisle of a local supermarket ended Sunday with his arrest in West Point, Ky.

Bobby Carter, 51, a registered sex offender, was apprehended by West Point police after a brief vehicle pursuit.

Carter is being housed in the Hardin County Jail on fugitive and other charges. Extradition proceedings have been initiated to bring Carter back to Pennsylvania to face charges in connection with the March 2 incident at the Giant Food Store on Concord Road.

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The victim, a 36-year-old township woman, was shopping in the cereal aisle around 10:16 a.m. March 2 when she felt "something" hit her in the back, according to court documents. When she felt the back of her pants, they were wet with what the victim believed to be ejaculate, police said.

The victim's pants were sent to the Pennsylvania State Police Crime Lab. It was later confirmed that the substance on the pants was semen, according to the affidavit of probable cause written by Detective Joseph Nardone.

Police reviewed video surveillance footage and saw a white man, in his early 50s, entering the store after parking his tractor-trailer in the front lot, according to the affidavit.

The suspect walked into the store, approached the customer service counter and asked for directions to the "industrial park."

After getting directions to the I-95 Industrial Park from a store employee, the truck driver began walking around the grocery store. He wasn't looking at anything on the store shelves, but instead appeared to be following female customers around with his hand in his right pants pocket, police said.

Surveillance video picked up the suspect exiting the cereal aisle directly behind the victim, according to the affidavit.

The video footage shows the victim reaching behind and checking the back of her pants as the suspect walks away. He was seen leaving the store while glancing over in the victim's direction as if checking to see if he was being followed, the affidavit states.

In the days after the incident, investigators reviewed surveillance videos from a number of businesses in the I-95 Industrial Park in Chester Township and in Aston.

They determined the suspect had driven to the International Container Line warehouse on March 2 to make a pickup.

By comparing invoices to the driver logs, investigators determined that Carter signed in at 9:10 a.m. that day. The driver's log showed Carter's Kentucky driver's license and date of birth.

By comparing photos from the Giant video with Carter's previous arrest photos, they were able to determine Carter was their suspect and a warrant was signed for his arrest.

Kentucky law enforcement authorities arrested Carter on Sunday. He was charged with fleeing and eluding police and being a fugitive from Pennsylvania.

A resident of Leitchfield, Ky., Carter was previously convicted of sexual battery in Florida in 1992 and is on the Kentucky Lifetime Sex Offender Registry. He has an extensive criminal history that also includes convictions for burglary, grand theft, forgery and other offenses.

Carter will be arraigned on the local charges of indecent assault, stalking, and related offenses once he is returned to Pennsylvania.